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Prime Minister's Office
PM Modi chairs high level meeting to review progress of National Digital Health Mission
NDHM to unleash a digital health tech revolution with innovations and various services for citizens
Steps be expedited to expand operations under NDHM: PM
NDHM will bring ease of living for citizens to avail a large number of health services: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the National Digital Health Mission . On 15th Aug 2020, during his Independence Day address, Hon’ble Prime Minister had announced the launch of NDHM. Since then, the digital modules and registries have been developed and the mission has been rolled out in six Union Territories. So far, nearly 11.9 lakh Health IDs have been generated and 3106 doctors and 1490 facilities have registered on the platform.
It has been envisaged that Unified Health Interface  - an open and interoperable IT network for digital health should soon be rolled out. This interface shall enable public and private solutions and apps to plug in and be a part of National Digital Health Ecosystem. It will allow users to search, book and avail necessary healthcare services such as tele-consultations or laboratory tests. The system will ensure that only verified healthcare providers join the ecosystem. This is likely to unleash a digital health tech revolution with innovations and various services for citizens. In such a manner, healthcare infrastructure and human resources can also be utilised in a more efficient manner across the nation.
The concept of UPI e-Voucher developed by National Payment Corporation of India  was also discussed. This digital payment option will enable financial transactions linked to specific purpose which can be used only by the intended user. It can be useful for targeted and efficient delivery of various government schemes and an immediate use cases of UPI e-Voucher could be healthcare services.
The PM directed that steps be expedited to expand operations under the NDHM. PM said that NDHM will bring ease of living for citizens to avail a large number of health services. He observed that though the technical platform and building up of registries are inevitable essential elements, the utility of the platform to the citizens will be visible only by way of enabling citizens across the country to avail of services like tele consultation with a Doctor, availing services of a lab, transferring test reports or health records digitally to the Doctor and paying digitally for any of the above services. He directed the NHA along with the Ministry of Health & the Ministry of Electronics & IT to coordinate efforts in this direction.
Ministry of Railways
ECoR EMPLOYEES TAKE OATH ON VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK
Shri Sharad Kumar Srivastava, General Manager , East Coast Railway administered the oath on “Vigilance Awareness” to the Staff and Officers of East Coast Railway at ECoR headquarters, to eradicate corruption for economic, political & social progress of the country.
The Vigilance Awareness Week, which commenced from today i.e. on 31st October, 2020, will continue up to 6th November 2022. During this period, a massive awareness campaign has been launched to educate the people in general & Rail Users in particular to bring transparency in public life. Seminars are being conducted. Banners, Posters are displayed to create vigilance awareness among the Railway Employees as well as Rail Users.
All the Principal Heads of Departments of ECoR attended the oath taking ceremony. Shri Sanjay Kumar Mahapatra, Chief Vigilance Officer cum Senior Dy. General Manager of ECoR co-ordinated the oath taking ceremony.
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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation ACT, 2013.
State-wise details of cases registered under the provisions of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013  are given at Annexure.
The cases filed in this regard are at different stages and have not come to the logical conclusion.
Annexure
State-wise details of FIR lodged under the Provisions of MS Act, 2013 during the last five years .
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S. No.
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Name of State/UT
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FIR lodged under the Sections of MS Act, 2013
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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13
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2
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Bihar
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2
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3
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Chhatisgarh
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1
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4
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Delhi
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28
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5
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Gujarat
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25
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6
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Haryana
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23
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7
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Karnataka
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26
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8
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Kerala
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1
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9
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Maharashtra
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21
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10
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Punjab
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15
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11
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Rajasthan
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13
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12
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Tamil Nadu
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37
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13
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Telangana
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4
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14
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Uttar Pradesh
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35
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Total
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244
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Second Episode of Voter Awareness Program, "Matadata Junction" to be broadcast on Friday, October 14 by All India Radio during 7.25-7.40pm on 100.1 FM Gold Channel
Theme - The Power of One Vote- Ek Vote ki Taqat
Matadata Junction program is being broadcast in 23 languages across the country.
AIR collaborates with the Election Commission of India for broadcast of 52 Episodes of 15 minutes each on FM Gold, FM Rainbow, Vividh Bharati stations and Primary channels of AIR
All India Radio in collaboration with the Election Commission of India has started a new weekly program ‘Matadata Junction’ on Voter Awareness. Second Episode of the Program, "Matadata Junction" will be broadcast on Friday, October 14 on 100.1 FM GOLD Channel during 7.25-7.40pm in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad. The theme is the Power of One Vote or Ek Vote ki Taqat.
The 15 minutes weekly program goes on air every Friday in 23 languages across the country including Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili & Dogri.
It will be broadcast between 7-9pm time band on FM Rainbow, Vividh Bharati stations and Primary channels of AIR across the country. Citizens can also listen to the Program on ‘Twitter on @airnewsalerts, News On AIR’ App and YouTube channels of All India Radio.
The weekly program covers all aspects of Voter ecosystem. Each episode is based on a particular Theme on the electoral process. All the 52 Themes are aimed at encouraging all eligible citizens and especially the young and first-time voters to vote and make an informed decision during the elections. Quiz, Experts' interview, and Songs produced by the SVEEP  Team of the ECI shall be carried in every episode. The program includes a Citizen's Corner where any citizen can ask a query or suggest on any aspects of the voting.
Ministry of Finance
Atal Pension Yojana, Outreach Program conducted at Pune by SLBC Maharashtra
Pune, 08 August 23
In order to expand the coverage of Atal Pension Yojana, an APY Outreach Program was conducted at Pune on 7th August 2023 by SLBC Maharashtra. The meeting was chaired by Shri Vijay Kamble, General Manager & Convenor, SLBC Maharashtra and Shri A. G. Das, Executive Director, PFRDA was the Chief Guest. Shri Vijay Kamble in his address urged all Member Banks to participate actively in taking APY to the corners of the state.
Shri Das in his key note address emphasised on the need of Pension to secure the old age income security in our country. He also congratulated all the bankers for their excellent performance and appealed them to continue the good work till the saturation of APY coverage. After this a presentation was made by Mr. Eeshawar Nirmal of PFRDA. Post this, Dr. Ashish Dongare, AGM, PFRDA deliberated on various strategic that banks may implement to archive the Pension saturation and also reviewed the performances of bank in APY enrolment in the state. It may be noted that the Maharashtra state stands at third position in the country with total enrolment of around 40.64 lakhs as on 31st July 2023, however the coverage in the state is slightly below the National average.
During the program, LDMs of Gondia, Jalna, Hingoli, Washim, Parbhani, Nanded, Nandurbar, Beed & Bhandara along with the Banks  were felicitated for their exemplary performance in the enrolment under APY.
Atal Pension Yojana is a guaranteed pension scheme of Government of India and is being administered by PFRDA. Any Citizen of India between the age group of 18-40 years is allowed to join through the bank or post office branches where one has the savings bank account. Under the scheme, a subscriber would receive a minimum guaranteed pension of Rs.1000 to Rs.5000 per month, depending upon his contribution, from the age of 60 years. The same pension would be paid to the spouse of the subscriber after the demise of the subscribers and on the demise of both the subscriber and the spouse, the accumulated pension wealth as accumulated till age 60 of the subscriber is returned to the nominee. The scheme is distributed through 266 registered APY Service-Providers consisting of various categories of banks and Department of Posts. Around 5.56 crore subscribers across the country are enrolled under the scheme.
Shri Das said, “PFRDA and SLBC Maharashtra shall continue its efforts till all the eligible citizen in the State are covered under APY and contribute towards making India a pensioned society”.
The program concluded with the Vote of Thanks by Shri R D Deshmukh, Dy General Manager, & Member Secretary, SLBC Maharashtra.
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Ministry of Education
Dr. Subhas Sarkar addresses 8th Annual Convocation of IIEST SHIBPUR
Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Minister of State for Education today addressed the 8th Annual Convocation of the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur as the Chief Guest. Prof. Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Chairperson, Board of Governors and Director, IIEST, Shibpur presided over the function.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Sarkar said that the New Education Policy 2020 aims to strengthen the new learning paradigm through the adoption of new education technologies or developing available in-house skills. The knowledge that the students have obtained will help them to establish values and contribute not only to the development of the nation but also, of the whole world, he added.
He emphasised that it is the time to know about our ancestors and forefathers and include the Indian Knowledge Systems in teaching and learning.He hoped that our future generations will “Dream More and Achieve More” and lead India towards prosperity and global leadership.
A total number of 1016 students received degrees in this Convocation. Degrees and prizes have been awarded in this Convocation to a total of 522 Undergraduate students of 10 courses, 350 postgraduate students from different courses, 15 Dual Degree students of five courses, and 129 Ph.D. Fellows who have completed their studies and passed the examinations during this period.
Medals have been awarded to 39 candidates who secured the highest marks in different disciplines. THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA GOLD MEDAL was awarded to Subhechchha Paul, Mechanical Engineering Department who secured 1st position among the undergraduates of all ten engineering disciplines taken together. GANESH CHANDRA MITRA MEMORIAL MEDAL was awarded to Nabanita Karmakar, Department of Mathematics who secured 1st position among the postgraduates of all the disciplines taken together. The endowment medals were awarded to the students who have stood first in their respective disciplines or have secured the highest marks in a particular subject.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 111.40 Cr
More than 58.42 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.26%
11,850 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload is lowest in 274 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 2% for last 50 days
With the administration of 58,42,530 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 111.40 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,14,01,023 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,80,192
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2nd Dose
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93,17,204
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,73,803
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2nd Dose
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1,61,44,615
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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43,05,85,042
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2nd Dose
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16,59,93,869
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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17,78,11,757
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2nd Dose
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10,35,94,850
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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11,14,37,662
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2nd Dose
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7,04,09,140
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Total
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1,11,40,48,134
The recovery of 12,403 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,38,26,483.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.26%.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 139 consecutive days now.
11,850 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload is presently at 1,36,308 is lowest in 274 days.Active cases presently constitute 0.40% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
12,66,589tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 62.23 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.05% remains less than 2% for the last 50 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be0.94%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below2% for last 40 days and below 3% for 75 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Education
Government is opening Research Park to Promote Science & Technology and augment Research ecosystem
The Government had sanctioned establishment of Research Parks at IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Gandhinagar and IISc Bangalore to augment the research ecosystem in the country. The research parks at IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Delhi are functional and others are in advanced stages of completion. The main objectives of these Research Park are to have research collaboration with top-rated industries, to enable entrepreneurship and incubation of students and building strong academic linkages for the same, to increase outreach of academic content to industry and enabling industry to add value to academic programme through close collaborations etc. To achieve the various objectives of Research Parks, these are normally established at Higher Educational Institutions of the country.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
ENCOURAGEMENT TO DOMESTIC GAS PRODUCTION
The government has approved the revised domestic natural gas pricing guidelines vide gazette notification dated 07.04.2023 for gas produced from nomination fields of ONGC/OIL, New Exploration Licensing Policy  blocks and pre-NELP blocks, where Production Sharing Contract  provides for Government's approval of prices. The price of such natural gas shall be 10% of the monthly average of Indian Crude Basket and shall be notified on a monthly basis. For the gas produced by ONGC & OIL from their nomination blocks, the Administered Price Mechanism  price shall be subject to a floor and a ceiling. Gas produced from new wells or well interventions in the nomination fields of ONGC & OIL, would be allowed a premium of 20% over the APM price. The reforms have led to significant decrease in prices of Piped Natural Gas  for households and Compressed Natural Gas  for transport.
For increasing domestic gas production, Government of India has notified Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy  on 30th March 2016 for the award of exploration acreages shifting from Production Sharing mechanism to Revenue Sharing mechanism. Government further notified the policy reforms on 28th February 2019, where many of the processes and approvals were relaxed to promote “Ease of Doing Business”, Revenue Share from Category II & III type of basins were removed, except for windfall gains, 7 years Royalty Holiday for Deep & Ultra-deep blocks, concessional Royalty Rates- 3.5 % for Deepwater and 1.4 % for ultra-deep water blocks, and fiscal incentives have been provided for early monetization of fields along with Marketing and Pricing freedom for natural gas.
The Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15% in 2030 from about 6.7% now. Various steps taken by the Government in this direction include expansion of National Gas Grid Pipeline, expansion of City Gas Distribution  network, setting up of Liquefied Natural Gas  Terminals, allocation of domestic gas to Compressed Natural Gas  / Piped Natural Gas  CNG/PNG in no cut category, allowing marketing and pricing freedom to gas produced from high pressure/high temperature areas, deep water & ultra-deep water and from coal seams, Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation  initiatives to promote Bio-CNG, etc.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Communications
Promotional offers on Broadband and Optical Fiber Broadband Plans
Kolkata, July 17, 2018.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.  has introduced Promotional offers on Broadband and Optical Fiber Broadband Plans. They are as follows:
BROADBAND PLANS
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SL. No.
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Broadband Plans
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Charges
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Facilities
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1.
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Plan 199
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Rs.199/Month
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Unlimited DATA . Only for Multi-storied Complex
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Unlimited voice call to any network
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2.
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Plan 299
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Rs.299/Month
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Unlimited DATA 
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3.
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Plan 491
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Rs.491/Month
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Unlimited Data 
OPTICAL FIBER BROADBAND PLANS
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SL. No.
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FITH Plan
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Charges
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Facilities
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1.
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Plan 777
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Rs.777/Month
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Unlimited DATA .
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Unlimited voice call to any network
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2.
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Plan 1277
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Rs.1277/Month
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Unlimited DATA 
The service will be available through SMS, Internet, Twitter, Facebook or helpline 1500 or visit to website. One may book a new Landline/Broadband/FTTH by sending SMS “LL033” for Landline, “BB033” for Broadband, “LL+BB033” for Landline and Broadband and “FTTH033” for fibre to the Home to 54141 /9400054141 .
Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Amit Shah chairs the 3rd Review Meeting since March 25 on preparations to fight the COVID-19 epidemic
According to the instructions of Prime Minister, Home Minister reviewed arrangements to make Daily Essentials accessible to Common People
Modi Government fully committed to ensure Safety and Security of every Citizen: Shri Amit Shah
(Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah chaired a review meeting on preparations to fight the COVID-19 epidemic, in New Delhi today. This is the third review meeting since the nationwide lockdown began on March 25, in the wake of this epidemic.
In the meeting, Shri Shah said that as per the instructions of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the government is leaving no stone unturned to put in place adequate arrangements to make daily essentials accessible to common people. The Government is fully committed to ensure the safety and security of every citizen, he added.
Present in the meeting were Ministers of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai and Shri G. Kishan Reddy, along with senior officers of the control room of the ministry. Norms of 'Social Distancing' were strictly adhered to in the meeting.
Decisions of the Home Ministry taken so far regarding COVID-19 can be accessed on https://mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/PR_ConsolidatedGuidelinesofMHA_28032020.pdf .
Ministry of Finance
41.94 crore accounts opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
As informed by banks, as on 24.02.2021, 41.93 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana . State-wise number of accounts under PMJDY as on 24.02.2021 is at Annexure.
This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Giving more details, the Minister stated that the Government had announced a Rs. 1.70 lakh crore ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana’ relief package on 26.03.2020 to combat the economic impact of COVID-19 on the poor and needy and to help them in the fight against Corona Virus. The salient features of the package were:
- Comprehensive personal accident insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh for health workers fighting COVID-19.
- Additional allocation of food grain @ 5 kg per person and pulses @ 1 kg per family per month free of cost to all beneficiaries covered under the targeted public distribution system.
- Front loading and payment in April, 2020 itself of the first instalment of Rs 2,000 due in 2020-21 to about 8.7 crore farmers under the PM KISAN Yojana.
- An ex-gratia of Rs 500 per month for three months to 20.40 crore  women PMJDY account-holders and release of Rs.1000/- to around 3 crore aged widows and persons in Divyang category.
- Free of cost LPG cylinders to 8 crore beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
- Providing 24% of the monthly wages into PF accounts of wage-earners earning below Rs. 15,000 per month, in businesses with less than 100 workers, for three months to prevent disruption in employment.
- Increasing  MNREGA wages by Rs. 20 w.e.f01.04.2020 and  Limit of collateral free lending from Rs. 10 to Rs. 20 lakh for women organized through 63 lakh Self Help Groups who support 6.85 crore households.
- Amendment to Employees’ Provident Fund Regulations to include Pandemic as the reason to allow non-refundable advance of 75% of the amount or three months wages, whichever is lower, from their accounts.
- Directions issued to State Governments to utilize:
- Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Fund for assistance and support to around 3.5 Crore registered workers &
- District Mineral Fund for supplementing and augmenting facilities of medical testing, screening and other requirements to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic as well as treat the patients affected with this pandemic.